Unwanted calls, fraudulent text messages: these apps protect you from scams

While half of French people receive unwanted calls almost every day, RMC has found a "miracle" app that helps you sort out whether it's a cold call or a scam. There's an app: Orange Telephone.

Once installed on your mobile , every time you receive a call, even before you pick up, the application warns you on your wallpaper: this number is unwanted, premium rate or it is canvassing, potentially a scam. If the application does not detect any threat, it tells you that it is an approved number, you are safe, you can pick up.

This app is developed by Orange, but it works for all operators and it's free. If you want to try out different ones, two others, again free, work with the same principle: Hiya and Truecaller . These change the color of your wallpaper: red if it's a scam, green if it's real.

And if an unknown number has tried to contact you, these applications also allow you to search for it and find out the name of the person who tried to call you or to see if it was cold calling.

For SMS, Google has come up with a solution. A new feature will be coming to Android phones very soon. All messages will be analyzed by artificial intelligence, and if you receive a fraudulent SMS, a red alert will automatically appear on your phone, stating: "This is probably a scam. This message seems suspicious."

For iPhones, this security is still under study. In fact, all manufacturers are working on artificial intelligence to prevent scams. Some are also capable of analyzing calls. During the call, the phone will alert you directly if you're being scammed. But the technology isn't reliable enough yet, so we'll have to wait a little longer.